Metallic railway-tie



(No Model.) J. REESE.

ME'TALLIG RAILWAY TIE. No. 384,785. Patented June 19 1888.

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QAITZSSEi NITED STATES JACOB REESE, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

METALLIC RAILWAY-TIE.

gPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 384,785, dated June 19, 1888.

Application filed January 22, 1887. Serial No. 295,217 (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, J AOQB REEsE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Metallic Railroad-Ties, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to metallic railroadties, to which rails are fastened in railroad practice.

The objects of my invention are, first, to provide a strong iron or steel railroad-tie of light weight; second, to prevent spreading of the rails; third, to provide a tie easily put in place and readily adjusted to the rail; fourth, to secure a tight fastening of the rail to the tie. I obtain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying draw ings, in which- Figure is an enlarged end view of my tie with section of rail in place. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the rail-shoe for attachment to the body of the tie. Fig. 3 is an end view of Fig. 4. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of a tie with a rail in place.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several. views.

A is the rolled body ofthe ties; B, the shoes; O,the fixedjaw; d, the adjustablegripping-jaw; e, the tightening-bolt; f, the nut; g g, the rivetholes for fastening the shoe B to the rail; h 72, the rivets for fastening the shoe to the rail I. 0 is an opening in the shoe B for the adjustable gripping-jaw to slide in.

In the construction of my improved railroadties I roll a plate of iron or steel twenty-four inches wide, about No. 7 in thickness, cut it to proper lengths, then bend it to shape, then punch four holes in it for fastening the shoes. The shoes 13 are made of cast-iron or steel. The fixed gripping-jaw 0 maybe formed inte gral with the shoe B, and may extend all the way across the shoe, or at any less distance. The adjustable gripping-jawd is made of iron or steel and may be made of any size desired. When the opening 0 is properly prepared, the adjustable gripping'jaw d is put in place, the bolt e is put in, and the nut f is screwed up, as shown in Fig.' 2. The shoes B are then riveted to each end of the plate A. The rivets should have countersunk heads, as shown in Fig. 3 at n.

In the construction of a railroad with my improved metallic ties the road-bed is leveled in the usual manner. I then cover it with about six inches of broken stone. The ties are then put in place and the rails fastened to them. Broken stone is then filled in between the ties until up to the top,and broken stone is rammed in under part of the tieuutil theroadbed is formed, as shown in Fig. 1.

0n the opposite side from the permanent fixed jaw the shoe is provided with an opening, 0, as shown in Figs. 2 and This open ing is larger on the under than on the upper surface of the shoe. This is so shaped in order to form shoulders for holding the adjustable jawd. When the opening 0 is properly constructed, the adjustable gripping-jaw d is put in place, the rail is placed on the chair, the bolt 6 is put in, and the nutf is screwed up. The screwing up of the nut will draw the bolt outward and press the adjustable gripping-jaw d against the flange of the rail, and thus hold it tight between the jaws d and G.

In riveting the shoes B to the plates A, I prefer to place the solid gripping-j aw O on the outside of the track, so that the pressure of the wheels of the train shall press the rail against the solid jaw and will not tend to unloose the nut and bolt 6 and f; but I do not limit myself to the use of the solid jaws on the outside, asthey may be used to advantage on the inside.

The bolts 6 may be screwed up from the inside or from the outside; but I prefer to use them as shown in Fig. 4., in which case both the solid gripping-jaw and the nut will be on the outside of the rail. I

When the plates A are rolled of steel, the shoes B are made of cast-iron or steel and riveted to the plates, as described, with the solid gripping-jaws on the outside, and the whole constructed as set forth, the flanges of the rails will be held tight between the grippingjaws O and d, and the rails thus held in a proper permanent position without any extra strain on the bolts or nuts.

The object of corrugating the top of the plate A is to get room for the bolt 3 and nut f without increasing the weight of the shoe B.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. The combination, with a metallic rail- ICO road-tie having a corrugated top and downan opening at its inner portion anda station- IO wardly-extending sides, of a shoe conforming aryjaw at its outer portion, of a movable jaw in shape to the upper portion of said tie and having shoulders (I and working in said openfirmly secured thereto, and having a stationary ing, and a holt-and-nut connection between the 5 jaw at its outer portion, and an adjustable jaw jaws, as set forth.

located at the inner portion of the shoe, and J AOOB REESE. held against vertical movement, and aboit-and- W'itnesses: nut connection between the jaws, as set forth. CHARLES A. Roma,

2. The combination, with the shoe having 0. 0. LEE. 

